IMPORTANT LOCAL PLANTING. 79 



85,000 larch, at 20s. per 1000, . . . . . 85 



117,000 Scots fir, at 12s. per 1000, . . . . 70 4 



27,000 spruce fir, at 16s. per 1000, . . . . 21 12 



7,000 silver fir, at 40s. per 1000, 14 



1,000 Austrian pine, at 30s. per 1000, . . . 1 10 



1,000 oak, at 20s. per 1000, 100 



4,000 ash, at 15s. per 1000, 300 



500 elm, at 16s. per 1000, 080 



300 sycamore, at 2s. per 100, 060 



500 horse-chestnut, at 4s. per 100, . . . . 100 



1,1 00 lime, at 10s. per 100, 5 10 



1,100 poplars, black Italian, at 3s. per 100, . . 1 13 



500 willows, Huntingdon, at 3s. per 100, . . 15 



246,000 



Planting 51 acres, at 28s. lOd. per acre, . 73 10 6 

 Clearing the ground and cutting brushwood, 10 17 2 



Draining, . 102 4 8 



Probable cost of making rides, . . 22 8 6 



209 10 



Making up blanks at the end of three years 



Plants and planting, . . . . 8 16 6 



Cutting whins, briers, and bramble, . . 3 16 



12 12 6 



Fencing 



715 yards young hedge, at Is. 4d. per 18 



feet, 7 18 10 



900 yards cutting over, at 6d., . . 413 

 748 yards half cutting over and fencing, . 970 

 3465 yards of stob and rail fence, at 5d. 



per yard, . . . . . . 72 3 9 



93 10 10 



521 2 2 



" From the foregoing statement it will be seen that 

 the average cost per acre of this plantation (contain- 

 ing in all 51 imperial acres or thereby), for clearing 

 the ground, draining, plants and planting, formation of 

 rides, fencing, and making up of blanks at the end of 

 three years, has been 10, 4s. 4Jd. Certainly a very 



